Yeah, it didn't say whether it was an electric gauge or mech so I thought it was a mech. I was wanting to get a mechanical one like this one, but they are sold out. Is there any good/bad differences between a mech. oil psi and an electric one?

Gauges are just pretty items that clutter vws . Save your money and use it elsewhere. 95 % of all gauges are inaccurate and should never be used. If you have a correctly built engine and drive it within its operating limits it will last you a long time. Get a dipstick warning device and drive it. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1380307

type4revolution wrote:Gauges are just pretty items that clutter vws . Save your money and use it elsewhere. 95 % of all gauges are inaccurate and should never be used. If you have a correctly built engine and drive it within its operating limits it will last you a long time. Get a dipstick warning device and drive it. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1380307

Thank you for your advice. I have heard what you have said about gauges in VW's before, but I still would like to install these gauges so that I can be able to make sure that I can make my car last a long time. Even if they are inacurate, they can at least give a ballpark idea of a numerical reading of the engine conditions.

You will find that once you install gauges, you will be constantly watching them and obsessing over every little twitch. I have found the best gauge to be your ears. A VW engine will tell you when it's not happy if you listen close enough. This is why I don't put radios in my Aircooled's as well.....

Again unless you are doing some crazy test or scientif of your car or engines life . Take a lesson from the old folks and listen to what your vw is saying. I have very few vws with radios unless they came stock with from the factory. Save your money and buy some nice oem goodies to spruce up that nice 65. X2 diggerD

I installed a cheap-o voltmeter. The needle vibrates very wildly, but it does make me feel a little bit better while I straighten out my electrical system. (ie- car doesn't start? Yup, the battery is dead again). Guess thats not too helpful.

Jon65 wrote:Yeah, it didn't say whether it was an electric gauge or mech so I thought it was a mech. I was wanting to get a mechanical one like this one, but they are sold out. Is there any good/bad differences between a mech. oil psi and an electric one?

And what else would I need for the tach?

Tach needs nothing but some wire. No sender is needed. Just run a wire to it from the negative side of your coil for the input. You'll also need to supply power and a ground. I have a cheap one I paid like $30 for at autozone in both my bug and bus. They both read pretty dang close to what my dwell/tach meter says.